Symptoms of Prenatal Depression Associated with Shorter Telomeres in Female Placenta

Background. Depression is a common mood disorder during pregnancy impacting one in every seven women. Children exposed to prenatal depression are more likely to be born at a low birth weight and develop chronic diseases later in life. A proposed hypothesis for this relationship between early exposur...

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Main Authors: Isabel Garcia-Martin, Richard J. A. Penketh, Samantha M. Garay, Rhiannon E. Jones, Julia W. Grimstead, Duncan M. Baird, Rosalind M. John
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/22/14/7458